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Five years on: The human faces of the Syrian conflict

A photographer's personal reflections — Syria is fast becoming a cinematic slideshow of guerillas, grenades and guns. But conscientious photojournalist JM Lopez is working tirelessly to capture the human face of war.

  • Culture
  • JM Lopez

Living on a knife-edge with Savages: a band confronting apathy head-on

Sticking to your guns in a climate of unrest — London’s fiercest post-punk group won’t tell anyone what to think... but they do have one code to live by: ‘Be Involved. Don’t just leave politics to other people.’

  • Music
  • Jade Bremner

Has the world hit compassion fatigue for Syria’s refugees?

Empathy reserves on empty — An anti-refugee backlash seems to sweeping the globe, reflected in media coverage and government policy. Adam White asks what has happened to our collective sympathy and concern for the human rights of refugees?

  • Activism
  • Adam White

Syrian National Orchestra to reunite at special London concert

Supported by Damon Albarn — The Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music will be performing live this summer at a rare London concert. It'll be the first time the orchestra has appeared together since conflict broke out in Syria in 2011, forcing the group to scatter. Special guests including frequent collaborator Damon Albarn will also be joining them.

  • Music
  • Adam White

Video: War photographers reveal the long-term trauma of their difficult profession

"A death unrecorded is a death forgotten." — A six-part short film series explores the long-term psychological effects of documenting moments of conflict, from the civil war in Syria to domestic violence in New York.

  • Photography
  • Adam White

Video: The street artists who bombed primetime with ‘Homeland is racist’ graffiti

Homeland Is Not A Series — Caram Kapp explains why the Arabian Street Artists had to challenge Homeland’s inaccurate and damaging portrayal of the Middle East, War on Terror and the refugee crisis.

  • Film
  • Alex King

Turkish artist paints ordinary life back in to photos of wartorn Syrian cities

Life Without War — Oğuzhan Cin’s moving series evokes the everyday lives destroyed and the dreams lost for Syrian children.

  • Art
  • Alex King

Video: A Syrian refugee family during five years of civil war

A Syrian Love Story — Documentarian Sean McAllister describes his long journey with a Syrian family during the unfathomable fall of an entire country.

  • Film
  • Shelley Jones

Reformed Jihadi warns Paris attacks response risks radicalising a new generation

“We're playing into the hands of ISIS” — A former member of Al Qaeda, Hanif Qadir is now on the de-radicalisation frontline in East London. But politicians are making his work much harder.

  • Activism
  • Alex King

To defeat ISIS, we must solve the refugee crisis

Fear, fences and futile bombing — Shutting our doors to refugees and bombing Syria is exactly the response ISIS want. Alex King looks at why we can’t let them dictate our response to the Paris attacks.

  • Opinion
  • Alex King

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